Anyone still chasing muskies???

[minnesotamusky]

Anyone still chasing muskies??? I have two more trips planned for this year, if the lakes don't freeze. Just wondering what everyone does now that the lakes have turned over? Do you do anything different? Start fishing in deeper water? Bigger baits?

[jtroop]

I'll probably chase tigers in the metro but don't know enough about them to have any cohesive plan. Mostly just keep the lure wet.

[TBone1]

I have not been out for skis in the last week but hopefully tommorow I can get out for a muskie/wally combo. I have not done a whole lot of ski fishing this late in the year. Hopefully I can get one to lick a sucker for me.

[Andrew Erickson]

i just got back from tonka and didnt catch anything, mostly trolled the whole time

[MoreSlimePlease]

I fished Mille Lacs for the week prior to Deer Opener. Boated some nice fish....a total of 6 for the trip (Tuesday- Friday). Nothing over 50inches, the biggest was 49 and the smallest was 41.5. I knocked my deer down this past weekend so Ill be spending the rest of my time on the water in search of the queen...good luck everyone

[mattmuskie]

where u finding them on mille lacs shallow,deep?

[DUCKJ]

Was out on Mon and Tue. Seen 2 fish on Mon with one being pretty hot but couldnt get her to go. Seen to more on Tue. One very hot, fallowed on an 8 5 times before she hit my shallow raider. Lost after setting the hook. Going back out again tomarrow.

Duck

[MoreSlimePlease]

Out on Mille Lacs we boated most of our fish throwing cranks on outside weedline breaks. Modified mag dawgs also worked well for us. Saw some fish shallow (4-10ft) but could not get any of them to seal the deal.

[DUCKJ]

is anyone still fishing the north end? havnt been up there for a month and was wondering if the fish were still up there.

[690VS]

Hey lonewolf22 still catching a few on okoboji got a 41 sunday and a 46 tuesday shallow weeds and rocks on big jerk baits water temp was 48 on tuesday.

[RK]

Hiya -

I just got back from a couple days of fishing - filming a show for The Next Bite. Went pretty well - we got 4 in 2 days, with a 49 the biggest.

What the fish do real late really depends on the lake. On some lakes fish move really shallow following the ciscoes in as they get ready to spawn. You can cath them on topwaters in 3' of water if ocnditions are right. Other lakes it's just the opposite. Fish bail out of the shallows for the most part and park on steep breaks and steep inside turns.

Soft plastics seem to do really well late for me - stuff like big jigs, big tubes, Bull Dawgs, etc. Can of course catch them on slow-rolled spinnerbaits, oil-filled Jakes and weighted jerkbaits too. Quick strike rigged suckers can also be very very good late in the season. For fish on steep breaks, hard to beat a Fuzzy Duzzit.

The main thing I do late in the season is look for forage. I'll sometimes run through 3-4 spots with the graph for every one I actually fish. Unless I know it's a good spot that consistently holds fish late in the season, if I don't see baitfish I move on...good electronics account for a lot of fish late in the season.

Cheers,

Rob Kimm